Kemptville District Hospital at the Crossroads part 4

by Lynne Clifford-Ward, KDH Foundation The Kemptville District Hospital Foundation is in the process of raising $2.2 million to bring a CT Scanner to the Hospital....

Kemptville District Hospital at the Crossroads 1960- 2024, part 2

by Lynne Clifford-Ward, KDH Foundation The Kemptville District Hospital Foundation is in the process of raising $2.2 million to bring a CT Scanner to the...

Beginning to see the light

Towards the end of the nineteenth century, a major social and technological revolution was happening across Canada, and beginning to impact on life in...

Renovation, not demolition in Kemptville

North Grenville is seeing some reconstruction instead of deconstruction of some of our heritage buildings. Kemptville, in particular, is enjoying some renovation projects that...

High security in Kemptville

The tension had been mounting all week, but the increased police presence that Tuesday had added to the sense of anticipation and dread in...

PARLIAMENT HILL

There are very few more potent symbols of Canada and Confederation than the Centre Block on Parliament Hill, with its magnificent Peace Tower, which...

Revolutionary resolutions

The Quebec Conference of October, 1864 is where the famous 72 Resolutions were drawn up. These, in turn, became the basis of the British...

Minerals and Treaties

The British and Canadian Crown has many reasons for entering into treaties with the Indigenous peoples, none of them for the benefit of the...

A day with real heart

It would be easy to think of Valentine’s Day, February 14, as another Hallmark invention, designed to sell greeting cards and create annual anguish...

Oxford Mills United Church

The news that the United Church in Oxford Mills is set to close soon means that the three original churches in the village will...